Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Statement about the “slavery the sole cause of the war” plaque
affixed to the Confederate soldier monument in Gainesville, Florida.

I have been asked to comment on the recent fad of “contextualizing”
historic monuments as it relates to the Confederate soldiers’ memorial
at Gainesville.

What I have seen of the proposed plaque amounts, it seems to me, to
an attempt to revise history and to establish an official version of
history.

An historical monument should be taken for what it is. Opinions may
differ about it, but it is a piece of history in itself. The Confederate
soldiers’ monument was erected by people who wanted to remember their
kin and neighbors who had fought and died opposing what was a quite
vicious and destructive invasion. A third of the Florida men opposing
invasion died—a fact that was of heavy significance to the people who
erected the monument. The cost of the monument in 1904 was no doubt a
considerable sacrifice to people still living in poverty brought on by
the war.

Back in October of 2016 I covered an issue which I have been very concerned with for over a year now. In an article titled Global Elites Are Getting Ready To Blame You For The Coming Financial Crash,
I outlined the basis for my belief that Donald Trump would win the U.S.
election and why the U.K. Brexit was allowed to meet with success. Here
is a quote from that article to give you a general sense of my
position:

“I
argue that the Trump tapes will be forgotten in a week and that they
have no bearing whatsoever on the election. They are nothing more than
bread and circus. Beyond the fact that really, almost no one cares what
Trump said a decade ago. I argue that this election has already been
decided. I argue that the globalists want Trump in office, just as they
wanted the passage of the Brexit. I argue that they need conservative
movements to feel as though we have won, so that they can pull the rug
out from under us in the near future. I argue that we are being set up.

Like most of us, I'm sickened by the murder of innocents in the UK; this
time young girls. Apparently a venue full of girls in the (I've read)
10 to 20 age group was chosen as a way to outrage westerners, because in
their minds if some "westerner" goes and kills a random mooslim, that
will cause the so-called "moderate" mooslims to endorse Isis and cause
the battle for the end of the world they're trying to create. That it's
a sick, twisted view of the world is an understatement.

Crowder wrote an accompanying piece for the Blaze with some highlights.
If you want to practice Islam in the
inconsequential, semi-secular sense. Fine. But the only way to solve
this problem is to recognize that POLITICAL Islam and anyone who follows
its prescription is inherently incompatible with Western values.

That means:

Want sharia courts? You’re not welcome.

Think it’s okay to marry a six year old? You’re not welcome.

Think it’s okay to strike your wife for ANY reason? You’re not
welcome.

Believe in ANY kind of punishment for apostasy? You’re not welcome.

Believe in ANY kind of punishment for “blasphemy”? You’re not welcome.

In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote "An Essay on the Principle of Population."
He predicted that mankind's birthrate would outstrip our ability to
grow food and would lead to mass starvation.

Malthus' wrong predictions
did not deter Stanford University professor Paul Ehrlich from making a
similar prediction. In his 1968 best-seller, "The Population Bomb,"
which has sold more than 2 million copies, Ehrlich warned: "The battle
to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of
millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs
embarked upon now." This hoax resulted in billions of dollars being
spent to fight overpopulation.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Wednesday
Democrats have prevented a panel investigating Russia's interference in
the 2016 election from conducting a single witness interview.

Nunes also announced the panel in the coming days is likely to
subpoena the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency for information that
would reveal who "unmasked" classified information damaging to President Trump's administration.

Nunes, R-Calif., recused himself from the House Intelligence panel probe into alleged links between Trump and Russia.

But he said the panel has not conducted any interviews in part because Democrats aren't cooperating.

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has
denounced Chelsea Clinton as he tried to defend a 'joke' he made about
his troops raping women.

The
controversial president - who has overseen the murder of thousands of
drug users and has now declared martial law as he fights an ISIS
insurgency - used Clinton's father's affair with Monica Lewinsky to
attack the former first daughter.

The St. Tammany
Republican Parish Executive Committee is asking veterans organizations
to avoid holding conferences, conventions and other events in New
Orleans in the wake of the city's removal of four Confederate monuments.
By an 8-0 vote, the committee on Monday (May 29) approved a resolution
urging veterans not to visit New Orleans or any other city that has
"removed memorials to fallen warriors, including those who served in the
Confederate Army."

President Trump is laying the groundwork for withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, launching a process that is likely to take some years.

The
details of the withdrawal are still in the works and the effort is
being led by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt,
according to Axios, which reported Wednesday on the direction the
administration is taking.

Tuesday night, James Woolsey, CIA Director under President Bill Clinton, commented on CNN:

“There are a lot of things I think have been disclosed
too much and I think that is the real scandal here . . . So much
disclosed, it makes it hard for the secrecy that’s essential to the
operation of the U.S. government in these areas to continue, and I think
the people who have broken these tacit and formal agreements and taken
classified information and turned it loose are basically traitors to the
country.”

Regarding the Kushner-Russia “backchannel” talk, Woolsey, who helped
advise the Trump transition team following the election, stated that
there isn’t anything suspicious about setting up a backchannel.

“I don’t see anything untoward about having backchannel
communications as long as you’re doing it accurately and within the
confines, essentially, of what your superiors have asked of you . . .
People have backchannel communications all the time.”

President Trump on Wednesday criticized the FBI's investigation into
ties between Trump campaign associates and Russia, calling the
investigation a "witch hunt" after Carter Page, a former Trump adviser,
said the FBI and CIA are not telling the truth about his role.

"So now it is reported that the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter
Page about Russia, don't want him to testify. He blows away their case
against him & now wants to clear his name by showing 'the false or
misleading testimony by James Comey, John Brennan... Witch Hunt!" Trump
said in two separate tweets, referencing former FBI Director James Comey
and former CIA Director John Brennan.

Page served as Trump's foreign policy adviser and was reportedly under investigation by the FBI for his contacts with Russia.

In a letter
to the House Intelligence Committee on Monday, Page said there has been
an "ongoing barrage of false information" spread about him over the
last three months, and said he wants to testify as quickly as possible.

Remembrance

To die for one’s country is not only an act of bravery, it is THE act of bravery. For soldiers, it is just an extension of their military career, a part of their duty. As leaders have asked their soldiers to sacrifice themselves for the good of the society, it is only right for leaders to go through the same motion. They should practice what they have preached.

As war is seen as a noble act, tu sat serves as redemption in case of defeat. It is also a way to tell the enemy: “You might have won the battle/war but you don’t deserve to win because you don’t have the chinh nghia (just cause).” And it is not only just cause: it is the moral belief that the cause they are fighting for deserves their total sacrifice. Continues below

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.